William Patten

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

NOTE

THE NORTHMEN'S STORY OF HOW ALL THINGS BEGAN

HOW THE QUEEN OF THE SKY GAVE GIFTS TO MEN

THE DWARFS AND THE FAIRIES

HOW THOR WENT TO JOTUNHEIM

HOW THOR'S HAMMER WAS LOST AND FOUND

IDUNA'S APPLES OF YOUTH

HOW THE FENRIS WOLF WAS CHAINED

THE STORY OF BALDER THE BEAUTIFUL

THE WONDERFUL QUERN STONES

BRUNHILDA AND THE MAGIC SWORD

BRUNHILDA'S SLEEP GUARDED BY LOKI'S FIERY ARM

HOW SIEGFRIED KILLED THE DRAGON

HOW SIEGFRIED FINDS BRUNHILDA

THE PLOT AGAINST THE BEAUTIFUL ELSA OF BRABANT

THE KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRAIL

LOHENGRIN THE CHAMPION OF ELSA OF BRABANT

ORTRUDA PLOTS FOR REVENGE

THE DEPARTURE OF LOHENGRIN

THE WOOING OF THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF IRELAND

THE LADY OF KYNAST

THE GUARDIAN ANGEL

THE GIANT WHO LAUGHED AT A DWARF

THE LEGEND OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER

PRINCE IVAN AND THE GRAY WOLF

KING ROBERT OF SICILY

THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

THE GIFT OF ATHENE [2]

DAPHNE, CHILD OF THE MORNING

THE VENGEANCE OF APOLLO

THE STORY OF ARION

THE BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND THE MICE

ORPHEUS THE SWEET SINGER

NIOBE, A VICTIM OF LATONA'S JEALOUSY

THE SAD STORY OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE

THE TWELVE LABORS OF HERCULES

HERCULES'S SEARCH FOR THE APPLES OF HESPERIDES

THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE

HOW PHAETON DROVE THE SUN

BAUCIS AND PHILEMON, WHO WERE CHANGED INTO TWO TREES

THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN

RIP VAN WINKLE

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

THE HARE WHO THOUGHT THE WORLD HAD COME TO AN END

THE WATERING OF THE SAPLINGS

THE OLD HARE AND THE ELEPHANTS

THE ELEPHANT HAS A BET WITH THE TIGER

HOW THE TORTOISE OUTRAN THE DEER

WHICH WAS THE STRONGER, THE TORTOISE, THE TAPIR, OR THE WHALE?

HOW THE TURTLE GOT HIS SHELL

THE LEGEND OF RATA

WHY THE HIPPOPOTAMUS LIVES IN THE WATER

WHY THE ELEPHANT HAS SMALL EYES

THE BOY WHO SET A SNARE FOR THE SUN

THE BIRD LOVER

WUNZH, THE FATHER OF INDIAN CORN

WHEN BRER WOLF HAVE HIS CORN SHUCKING

BRER RABBIT'S COOL AIR SWING

THE FOUR SEASONS

THE THREE LEMONS

THE WINTER-SPIRIT AND HIS VISITOR

Junior
Classics

THE·YOUNG·FOLKS’
SHELF·OF·BOOKS

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The
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SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
WILLIAM PATTEN
MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS

INTRODUCTION BY
CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D.
PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY

WITH A READING GUIDE BY
WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 1917

VOLUME TWO

Folk Tales and Myths

P. F. COLLIER & SON CORPORATION
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1912
By P. F. COLLIER & SON

Copyright, 1918
By P. F. COLLIER & SON

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